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Podcast: Presumptive Medicaid eligibility promises to improve Mississippi's high infant, maternal mortality rates, save taxpayers' money

Mississippi Today discusses a new law set to take effect July 1 that will provide timely prenatal care via presumptive Medicaid eligibility.

Columbus woman stuck in health care coverage gap

As lawmakers debate work requirements in Medicaid expansion bills, Walker faces a Catch-22: she first needs health insurance to get healthy enough to be able to return to work.

IVF heir bill clears major legislative hurdle

This is the fifth year Rep. Dana McLean, R-Columbus, has filed the measure to bring Mississippi in line with 27 other states.

A closer look at state personhood laws - The Washington Post

While the issue of fetal personhood has been part of the abortion debate for decades, it took the fall of Roe v. Wade for the impact of personhood measures to become a reality.

Mississippi lawmakers look to other states' Medicaid expansions. Is Georgia worth copying?

Georgia's plan, like one being considered in Mississippi, misses out on hundreds of millions of federal dollars that could cover health care costs for thousands.

Senate passes Medicaid expansion 'lite' with veto-proof majority

House and Senate lawmakers in the final weeks of the legislative session will try to reach agreement on the vastly different proposals.

Mom fights outdated law she says hurts her daughter

The bill changes how an estate is distributed in the absence of a will or if the will was made before the biological child was conceived.

Mississippi manufacturers voice support for Medicaid expansion plan

The Mississippi Manufacturers Association cites new economic development projects as a reason to expand Medicaid coverage in the state with the lowest workforce participation rate. 

Senate still doesn't have specific Medicaid expansion plan

Senate leadership has refused to detail its Medicaid expansion plan, leaving senators in the dark and experts worried the plan could die.

Mississippi Medicaid expansion bill moves forward in GOP-led House over governor's opposition